Goiken Muyō (title translating from Japanese into English as "Your Opinion is Worthless") is a duology of 3D fighting games developed in the 1990s by Mediamuse (a team composed of high-ranking players of Virtua Fighter) and published by KSS. The first game, Goiken Muyō: Anarchy in the Nippon, released on the Sega Saturn in 1997 while the sequel, Goiken Muyō II was on the PlayStation in 1998.
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This series provides examples of:
- Action Mom: Haruko Nonomura, who is the mother of fellow fighter Hitomi, is on the roster as a playable character.
- All There in the Script: As with this series inspiration, Virtua Fighter, the biographical details of the characters are not revealed in the game and instead contained in the manual.
- Final Boss: Mudo, a Buddhist Monk, is the final opponent in both games of the series.
- Japanese Delinquents: Some of the most prominent characters, namely Aya Katsuragi, Kenji Miyazawa, and Toru Aizawa, have this background.
- Lethal Joke Character: Shigeo Suzuki is a middle-aged Salaryman, but also a skilled (though also clumsy) Ninja.
- Punny Name: One fighter in the second game is a sentient mannequin that is named "Manekin".
- Sarashi: Aya and Toru have this as part of their attires in the games.
- Secret Character: The developers made characters based on themselves as hidden characters in the first game. The characters are named BunBunMaru, Ikebukuro Sarah, Kashiwa Jeffry, Shinjuku Jackie and have playstyle based on those of Virtua Fighter's Kage-Maru, Sarah Bryant, Jeffry McWild, and Jackie Bryant respectively.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Aya has her hairstyle in this fashion.
